ORNAMEHITAL GOURDS. 
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ORNAMENTAL GOURDS— Continued. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
OUCUMIS ISKINACBUS . . . .03 
,, JLBXUOSUS (Snahe Cucumber) 0 3 
„ ODOBATissiMUS, very prettily 
mottled . . . .00 
„ MEDUIilFERUS . . .03 
OUCURBITA AHGYBOSPEEjiA very 
large fruits, containing 
beautiful seeds of silvery 
white, with green boi’ders, 
which are eatable, and of 
a nutty flavour . . .10 
,, DE LA FLORIDA (itcm) , re- 
markable for the great 
beauty of its fruits . .16 
,, LAGENAiiiA GIOANTEA, re- 
markable for the im- 
mense size of its fruit . 0 6 
„ MAXIMA VERRUCOSA (wew), 
fruit of a dark green 
colour, warted . .10 
,, RADicANS, a new and re- 
markable annual species 
from Mexico. The flowers 
are of a flue orange 
colour, succeeded by white 
or yellow marbled fruit; a 
really fine acquisition . 2 6 
CYCLANTHERA EXPLODENS, an annual 
climbing plant, with hand- 
some foliage and curious 
spiny oval-shaped fruit . 0 3 
,, PEDATA, very ornamental 0 3 
INVOLUCRARIA Lepiniana. This is 
considered one of the host 
of recently introduced Cu- 
curbitaceous climbers ; its 
flowers are white, fringed 
and in clusters, succeeded 
by oval fruits about the 
size of a hen’s egg, and 
of a pure orange coloui-. 
The plant is perennial, 
and suited for a green- 
house, or out of doors in 
summer . . . .26 
LAGENARIA angolensis, the flowers 
are large and white, the 
fruit green, blotched with 
white, the size and shape 
of an orange . . .10 
„ GROSSE PELERIME, light and 
dark green . . .03 
,, LEUCANTIIA DEPRESSA . .03 
,, ,, LONGISSIMA . 0 3 
,, NATALENSis, very much like 
L. atigolensis, but with 
dark green shiny fruit, 
blotched white . . .10 
,, PLATE DE CORSE, bell-shaped 0 3 
Per pkt. — a. d. 
LAGENARIA siphom . . . .03 
,, SPH^RICA, flowers snowy 
white, and exquisitely 
varieggted green and 
white fruit, size of an 
orange . . . ..10 
LUPPA ACUTANGULA, an elegant small 
Gourd . . . .03 
,, CYUvmiiCA. (Po2>piaJdbia7ia) 0 3 
,, Jacquiki, very pretty cylin- 
drical fruit . . .00 
MELOTHRIA cucumerina, a pretty 
speeies of Cucumber ; the 
fruit smooth, slender, and 
about an inch and a half 
long . . . . .06 
,, Bbgelii, aclimbingCucurbit, 
with elegant lobed foliage 
and small white flowers, 
succeeded by numerous 
small oval white fruits . 1 0 
,, pendula, most elegant 
climber, producing a pro- 
fusion of small black fruits 1 0 
,, SCADBA, a very pretty an- 
nual climber, leaves dark 
green, small and rough ; 
flowers bright yellow, and 
fruits about as large as 
“ Haws,” green streaked 
with white. It appears 
to fruit freely in northern 
climates, and from its 
small growth is an elegant 
plant for pots . . .10 
MOMORDICA BALSAMINA LEUCANTIIA, 
a climber of great beauty 0 3 
„ PTEROCARPA (nejy) . .10 
MUKIA SCARRELLA, a Very pretty 
climber, with small heart- 
shaped leaves, and small 
scarlet berries . . .06 
PILOGYNE LUCIDA, scarlet fruit, the 
form of an olive . .06 
RHYNCHOCARPA DisSECTA, a beau- 
tiful perennial, with ele- 
gantly cut leaves, and 
myriads of oval orange 
coloured fruit . . .06 
,, Welwitsciii, a climber, 
with thick leaves and 
tassel-like fruit, of fine 
blood red colour . .10 
SCOTANTHUS tubiflorus, climber of 
great beauty, with thickly 
set foliage, white tubular 
flowers, which open in the 
evening, and handsome 
scarlet fruits . . .10 
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